A Grand 25th Anniversary Celebration EventNatya Bharati announced a 2-day theatre festival to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The festival is to be held on April 3rd & 4th, 2010 at F. Scott Fitzgerald Auditorium, Rockville Civic Center, Rockville, MD. The theme of the festival is - "Bringing the Community Together through Theater". The festival will sure prove to be a feast for theatre lovers; it will include multiple one-act plays and 2 full length plays in multiple regional languages along with Hindi and English spanned over 2 days. The Highlights of the festival include: (download PDF version of the Flyer, click here) (read more about Mr. Palekar) Dinner Reception on April 2nd @ 8 p.m. This special event will feature Chief Guests and a Documentary on Natya Bharati AND Six Plays in Various Indian Languages and English on April 3rd & 4th (All plays in Indian languages will have English supertitles)
Two full length plays RON, Natya Bharati feature production in Hindi & English; directed by Suma Muralidhar (Read more...) Pagla Ghora in Bengali; directed by Amol Palekar, presented by Epic Actors Workshop (Read more...) Four short plays Aagantuk in Marathi; directed by Hemant Anikhindi Radheya in Kannada; directed by T. Srikantaiah (Kanti) Attache Case in Punjabi; directed by Dalvinder Multani The Breast Chronicles in English; directed by Sakti Sengupta performed by Gargi Mukherjee, Epic Actors Workshop, NJ TENTATIVE PROGRAM SCHEDULE FRIDAY, APRIL 2 8:00 PM: Dinner Reception with Chief Guests and Documentary on Natya Bharati At Karma Restaurant at Rio in Gaithersburg, MD
SATURDAY, APRIL 3 3:00 PM: Opening Ceremony and Chief Guest Amol Palekar's remarks 3:30 - 4:30 PM: Aagantuk in Marathi, 5:00 - 6:00 PM: The Breast Chronicles in English 7:00 - 9:15 PM: RON, Natya Bharati feature production in Hindi and English
SUNDAY, APRIL 4 1:00 - 1:30 PM: Attache Case in Punjabi 2:00 - 3:00 PM: Radheya in Kannada, 3:30 - 5:00 PM: PAGLA GHORA in Bengali, 5:00 - 5:30 PM: Closing Ceremony
TICKETS
Banquet - $35 per person Full Festival (Sat and Sun): General Admission $40; Reserved Seating $75 Daily Pass ( Sat OR Sun): General Admission $25; Reserved Seating $40 Individual Plays: General Admission Only - $15 per play
As you may appreciate, an organization such as ours counts on the support of the community. Tickets cover only a part of the expenses involved in mounting a festival of this magnitude. Thus we are offering sponsorship opportunities to businesses, and individuals. For sponsorship and program information, please contact Suma Muralidhar: (301) 530-5057; Manoj Tiwari: (301) 963-0668 Manju Gupta: (301) 365-3515 ; Mamta Kukreti: (703) 941-9361 Jay Tipnis: (301) 602-8407; Neeru Tandon: (703) 528-8204 or send an email to
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Natya Bharati is a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to bringing the best of Indian theater to theater-lovers in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.